things and Things and Theeengzzz: A Compendium on Why Nairobi is Killing Us

📷2k Benga.

There are things we learn in their entirety

There are things we never learn entirely

There are things we might learn

There are things that are the very foundation(s) of learning things

There are things we only learn because we must learn things

There are things we learn because we are creatures that love to learn; sometimes

There are things we learn to define because they define other things

There are things we learn so we can teach others to learn things

There are things we learn because these things demand learning and to be learnt

There are things we learn so we can earn things

There are things we learn to viscosity because they are things that pile on top of other things and at the bottom of other things to infinity

There are things we learn because why not?

There are things we learn because they are our past and the future demands a learning of things of the past

There are things we learn because now is the time to learn things of our time

There are things we learn because we want to be things

There are things we learn because we want to enjoy these and other things

There are things we learn because they are important to the private life — they define our interiority

There are things we learn because we play the game

There are things we learn because we need silly things, things for the heart, things that are just things for the heart

There are things we learn because the Earf demands it

There are things we learn because we just might meet those who are to become friends of our minds in the learning and sharing and understanding and debating and being

There are things we learn because they are attractive to us and make us attractive to us

There are things we learn simply because they exist

There are things we learn because they help us like ourselves

There are things we learn because we must destroy them

There are things we learn because they help pass time

There are things we learn because we are addicted to being alive and these things will keep us alive for tomorrow

There are things we like because we love ourselves and are learning to like our selves

There are things we learn because we are a multitude and we must be fed

There are things we learn because they are nutritional to us

There are things we learn because it is good to have a bad habit now and then and forever

There are things we learn because we are bored and boredom is good because we learn to learn things

There are things we learn because we have them

There are things we learn because we are desirous

There are things we learn because Mother is Tea and Father is Cigarettes

There are things we learn because here is good, and there is good

There are things we learn because life is pointless

There are things we learn because Mbogi Genje, Wakadinali, Ethic and ’em said it and them peoples nice

There are things we learn because my OG has a gun on his WhatsApp status, and my other OG turned preacher on KBC

There are things we learn because a 9 to 5 is a murderous pursuit and bills gots to be paid

There are things we learn because Khaligraph dissed Tanzania

There are things we learn because the coup in Gabon is not the coup in Mali is not the coup in Niger is not a coup

There are things we learn because God been quiet since Steve Jobs dropped Apple on us

There are things we learn because Mao wrote a likkle red book we haven’t read

There are things we learn because Mau Mau, because we Mau Mau, because we know Mau Mau

There are things we learn because who are we, when is now, where is here?

There are things we learn because we must terror manage

There are things we learn because Damu Ya Mashujaa don’t get the respect he deserves

There are things we learn because we are

There are things we learn because there are things we learn

There are things we learn because we are not members

These are things we learn because Nairobi is meh.